Abundant Living in the Midst of Busyness

Scriptures, Quotes, and Resources related to a talk given May 10, 2008

Scriptures

• Matthew 13:11
• Romans 12:1-2
• Psalm 66:12
• Psalm 36:5-9

Action Steps:

• Integrate a PRACTICAL strategy
• Be willing to PURSUE MORE
• Abandon yourself for POWERFUL LIVING

Downloads

• Weekly Calendar (doc) (pdf)
• Activity List – Categories & Priorities (doc) (pdf)
• Kids’ Daily List Example – Reader (doc)
  
• Kids’ Daily List Example – Pre-reader (doc)

Web Sites

• www.exe-coach.com – “Four Steps to Better Managing Your To-Do List” by Emily Barnes
• www.flylady.com – a no-nonsense approach to getting your house and your life in order

Books

• 7 Layers of Organization by Christopher Lowell
• PAPA Prayer by Dr. Larry Crabb
• Inside Out by Dr. Larry Crabb
• What’s your God Language? by Dr. Myra Perrine
• Novels written by Randy Alcorn will stimulate your thinking

Quotes

Definition of BUSY = Being Under Satan’s Yoke

“Today the heart of God is an open wound of love. He aches over our distance and preoccupation. He mourns that we do not draw near to Him. He grieves that we have forgotten Him. He weeps over our obsession with muchness and manyness. He longs for our presence. He is inviting you – and me – to come home, to come home to where we belong, to come home to that for which we were created. His arms are stretched out wide to receive us. His heart is enlarged to take us in. For too long we have been in a far country: a country of noise and hurry and crowds, a country of climb and push and shove, a country of frustration and fear and intimidation. And He welcomes us home: home to serenity and peace and joy, home to friendship and fellowship and openness, home to intimacy and acceptance and affirmation….The Father’s heart is open wide – you are welcome to come in…. With simplicity of heart we allow ourselves to be gathered up into the arms of the Gather and let him sing him love song over us.” ~ Richard Foster

“The one great need for the missionary is to be ready for Jesus Christ, and we cannot be ready unless we have seen Him. The way we come to see Jesus is through surrender. The blessing of living life abandoned to Him is to witness His daily power and grace alive and flowing through our lives into the lives of others. In abandonment and surrender we find the unbridled soul—one not tempted by the treasures of the world, but bound to the grace and glory of the Savior.” ~ Oswald Chambers